Welcome to SECOVE
project!
At SECOVE, we envision a future where Centers of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) play a central role in shaping a skilled and sustainable workforce in the field of Sustainable Energy.
Our Mission
Empowering individuals, fostering innovation, and promoting inclusivity are at the core of our mission
Objectives
To promote creativity, entrepreneurial mindset and innovative learning opportunities through the cooperation between education, industry and incubators.
To promote learner-centred and inclusive COVEs, bringing holistic approaches to the individual, labor market-driven qualifications under the umbrella topic of sustainable energy.
To ensure the sustainability of SECOVE platform, through engagement of stakeholders, alignment with Smart Specialization Strategies and securing governance and financing.
To establish innovation hubs and support work-based learning at national and transnational level.
To develop work-based schemes following the principles of ECVET and arrange transnational certification and recognition.
To attract more women in technical occupations.
To promote quality culture and support VET providers to adopt European and international quality standards.
Impact
SECOVE is a project designed over 4 years of implementation. Its ambition to achieve a positive impact in VET and the sustainable energy sector can be reasonably understood thanks to its long duration, involvement of a large number of partners from five different countries, representing different types of stakeholders and substantial financing.
SECOVE team is indeed committed to monitoring, measuring and most importantly acting to ensure that the activities of the SECOVE network bring about a positive long-term change.
We intend to address the following challenges:
Sustainable energy and its different applications such as energy efficiency in buildings, renewable energy and smart energy systems are integrated in national and regional policies of the involved countries and thus highly relevant for VET.
The development of new and relevant learning programs that tackle major challenges of sustainable development. In this direction we see the Green New Deal promoted by the European Commission at a strategic level, as well as different policies-relating technical skills for sustainable development, such as the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (adopted in July 2020).
The promotion of work-based learning and engagement of the labor market in VET education – a trend identified and contemplated by CEDEFOP in its 2021-2023 Programming Document. Furthermore, VET providers at EQF levels 3-5 lack internationalization strategies and the capacity to organize quality transnational apprenticeships using Erasmus+ or other grants.
The attraction of more women in technical qualifications is apparent in all countries, especially for lower VET qualifications at level 3-5, but also in higher EQF levels (A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 by the European Commission).
The promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship at all levels of education and training, in line with regional smart specialization strategies and using the existing capacities of partners and local networks.
The establishment of a quality culture in vocational training that goes beyond conformity, with standards and regulations that address common and shared values for excellence, inclusiveness and sustainability (EFQEA implementation: a Cedefop analysis and main findings, 2021).
Promotional Material
SECOVE leaflet will give you an overview of the Project’s objectives more concisely. Read briefly about the areas and results of our cooperation:
